The development and assessment of a course for enhancing the 3-D spatial visualization skills of first year engineering students

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 301-307

  Sorby, Sheryl A ^a   Baartmans, Beverly J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURRICULA; GRAPHIC METHODS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

COMPUTER-BASED TECHNOLOGY; ENGINEERING GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION SKILLS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 19544383934     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2000.tb00529.x     Document Type: Article

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